adminINDIAN WELLS. — Fifth seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and India’s Sania Mirza reached the quarter-finals of the WTA Paribas Open tennis tournament following a straight sets victory over Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears on Saturday. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair beat the unseeded American combo 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 12 minutes in the second round of the US$5 946 740 hardcourt Premier WTA tournament.
Black and Mirza saved five of the eight break chances they faced and converted five of the nine chances they got. They won 59 points to 44 of their rivals.
Black and Mirza have not gone beyond the quarter-finals in four tournaments they have played this season.
At Australian Open and Doha they reached the last-eight stage. — AFP.
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